What is Think Shorts?

Think Shorts is an online short film platform that reviews independent short films from across the globe. With over 5000 short films, spread across 500 unique categories, we are proud to feature the work of thousands of up-and-coming talent as well as established filmmakers. Unlike other curated short film platforms, we never reject short films. All films submitted to Think Shorts are guaranteed to be showcased on our website.

How do I submit a Short Film?

You can submit via our FilmFreeway page. Any submissions received via email or social media will be ignored.

Is Think Shorts a film festival?

No. Think Shorts is a short film platform that reviews and promotes short films via our website and social media. We do not hold live screening events or competitions.

If I submit, will my short film be public?

All short films on our platform are publicly available. Filmmakers can request we showcase a trailer instead.

How do I edit my film page?

You can make changes via the edit form as emailed upon confirmation of publication. You can also request removal via this form.

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A Dull Roar, then Light

A woman goes on a journey of self-discovery, exploring aspects of her wounded self-made manifest as other people….

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Tazara

A musical film about a young boy in the early 1950s who finds a mysterious toy train in his village in Tanzania. The magical…

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Aquaria

“Aquaria” is about the protagonist’s journey to find out who she truly is. She lives in a parallel “fairytale” world. She is a hybrid…

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Wolf and Cub

A father and son cross a world of imagination in order to return a bag of their mother’s forgotten lunch….

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Threshold

Reality and fiction start to blur when an agoraphobic voice actress is tormented by the presence of a stranger in her home….

Think

A young girl is playing with a green toy car, moving it through a green toy village when suddenly one-by-one the trees begin to…

The Man in the Venetian Mask

A young woman spends a day with a mysterious masked man who keeps his identity secret….

The 3-Day Effect

A journey that invades emotion, body, mind, and temporarily affects memory, making it unable to accommodate all the inputs of the surrounding environment and…

Red

The aftermath of the apocalypse reveals the hidden motives of a being. Even the most innocent conceals a power-hungry soul that no one can…

Carnivale

Set a few months after her first visual album “Cirque,” Wikka the Clown grieves the loss of her beloved Petunia. After a year of…

Abandonment

When crossing the minefield of the plague that threatens us, aggravated by the unpreparedness and neglect of the establishment, what will be left of…

Omnipresent

It is about a person existing in different places at the same time. But unable to comprehend that reality….

Pendulum

Brian – a shiftless young man – discovers that when he dies his life resets five minutes in the past. Using this power to…

Daydreamer

A young woman uses elaborate, cinematic daydreams to help recover from a recent traumatic event….

Twenty-Five

On her twenty-fifth birthday, Bani’s mother gifts her an old typewriter that was used by her maternal grandmother. Soon, Bani realizes that this typewriter…

A Dance With Cinderella

Changing the narrative for females in this modern fairy-tale, a young girl shares her story of how you can find courage inside yourself and…

Welcome to the Thiercelieux

In the village of Thiercelieux, when night falls and the villagers fall asleep, strange creatures wake up….

The Table

A dead guy realizes he’s dead but refuses to leave his family and enter a new dimension until he solves the last issue he…

Into the Frame

A thriller that intersects feelings of fear, tension, and horror with the development of female friendships. College student Carla finds the guide to ambitious…

Always, Only, Ever

When a sensitive cowboy loses faith in this dark world, it takes a bit of kindness to bring him back….

Coda

A lost soul stumbles drunken through the city. In a park, Death finds him and shows him many things….

The Risk Not Taken

In a strange, but wonderful world a creature envisions the fatal outcome of a potential decision and is therefore granted a chance to alter…

Swimming Pool

A man looks down at an outdoor pool in an urban area, always busy and bustling. At night though it is locked up and…

Eager

A traditional, stop-motion and clay-mation film ballet by painter/animator Allison Schulnik. It is a celebration of the moving painting. Although there is a beginning,…

Pencil Face

A young girl is playing on some waste ground when she finds a pencil with a face. Whatever she draws with the pencil becomes…

Lifeline

A brilliant scientist travels through various dimensions and realms searching for his lost love….

One Small Step

TAIKO Studios presents the story of Luna, a Chinese American girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut….

Nuit blanche

Explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy….

Cólera

Cholera: Path. Acute, infectious disease, often epidemic and very serious….

Premier automne

Abel lives in the winter and Apolline lives in the summer. Isolated in their ‘natures’, they never met each other. They are not even…

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A Dull Roar, then Light

A woman goes on a journey of self-discovery, exploring aspects of her wounded self-made manifest as other people….

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Tazara

A musical film about a young boy in the early 1950s who finds a mysterious toy train in his village in Tanzania. The magical toy train sets him on a path that leads him to the love of his life….

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Aquaria

“Aquaria” is about the protagonist’s journey to find out who she truly is. She lives in a parallel “fairytale” world. She is a hybrid of human and fish. This hybrid existence is something the director can personally identify with because she’s half Brazilian and half German. The question of…

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Wolf and Cub

A father and son cross a world of imagination in order to return a bag of their mother’s forgotten lunch….

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Threshold

Reality and fiction start to blur when an agoraphobic voice actress is tormented by the presence of a stranger in her home….

Think

A young girl is playing with a green toy car, moving it through a green toy village when suddenly one-by-one the trees begin to fall down and die, and she doesn’t understand why….

The Man in the Venetian Mask

A young woman spends a day with a mysterious masked man who keeps his identity secret….

The 3-Day Effect

A journey that invades emotion, body, mind, and temporarily affects memory, making it unable to accommodate all the inputs of the surrounding environment and causing events to become unclear, after time turns into a dream or intuition.

The footage of this film was taken in a remote mountainous area…

Red

The aftermath of the apocalypse reveals the hidden motives of a being. Even the most innocent conceals a power-hungry soul that no one can fathom—all for survival of existence….

Carnivale

Set a few months after her first visual album “Cirque,” Wikka the Clown grieves the loss of her beloved Petunia. After a year of sorrow and solitude, she discovers that her old friend, Charlie the Mime, is still alive – and needs to be saved from the clutches of…

Abandonment

When crossing the minefield of the plague that threatens us, aggravated by the unpreparedness and neglect of the establishment, what will be left of our humanity and environment?…

Omnipresent

It is about a person existing in different places at the same time. But unable to comprehend that reality….

Pendulum

Brian – a shiftless young man – discovers that when he dies his life resets five minutes in the past. Using this power to his benefit, he begins killing himself to change his future….

Daydreamer

A young woman uses elaborate, cinematic daydreams to help recover from a recent traumatic event….

Twenty-Five

On her twenty-fifth birthday, Bani’s mother gifts her an old typewriter that was used by her maternal grandmother. Soon, Bani realizes that this typewriter is no ordinary one and that it can bring to life anything that is typed on it once every twenty-five years. Things go awry as…

A Dance With Cinderella

Changing the narrative for females in this modern fairy-tale, a young girl shares her story of how you can find courage inside yourself and trust others in the face of adversity. In this next generation story, we witness cyber bullying, fairy godmothers who face shortcomings and dreams coming true….

Welcome to the Thiercelieux

In the village of Thiercelieux, when night falls and the villagers fall asleep, strange creatures wake up….

The Table

A dead guy realizes he’s dead but refuses to leave his family and enter a new dimension until he solves the last issue he faced before his death….

Into the Frame

A thriller that intersects feelings of fear, tension, and horror with the development of female friendships. College student Carla finds the guide to ambitious quest when she moves back to campus for the new semester. Her obsession for clues leads her to discover a mysterious underground tunnel. Putting themselves…

Always, Only, Ever

When a sensitive cowboy loses faith in this dark world, it takes a bit of kindness to bring him back….

Coda

A lost soul stumbles drunken through the city. In a park, Death finds him and shows him many things….

The Risk Not Taken

In a strange, but wonderful world a creature envisions the fatal outcome of a potential decision and is therefore granted a chance to alter future events….

Swimming Pool

A man looks down at an outdoor pool in an urban area, always busy and bustling. At night though it is locked up and he takes his chance to slip down there unseen (paying off the odd bird if he needs to)….

Eager

A traditional, stop-motion and clay-mation film ballet by painter/animator Allison Schulnik. It is a celebration of the moving painting. Although there is a beginning, middle and end, what it retains in traditional material and methods, it avoids in narrative structure. It is an uncertain account of what exists somewhere…

Pencil Face

A young girl is playing on some waste ground when she finds a pencil with a face. Whatever she draws with the pencil becomes real. Just an ordinary day….

Lifeline

A brilliant scientist travels through various dimensions and realms searching for his lost love….

One Small Step

TAIKO Studios presents the story of Luna, a Chinese American girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut….

Nuit blanche

Explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy….

Cólera

Cholera: Path. Acute, infectious disease, often epidemic and very serious….

Premier automne

Abel lives in the winter and Apolline lives in the summer. Isolated in their ‘natures’, they never met each other. They are not even supposed to meet. So when Abel crosses the border and discovers Apolline, curiosity is overwhelming….

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A Dull Roar, then Light

A woman goes on a journey of self-discovery, exploring aspects of her wounded self-made manifest as other people….

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Tazara

A musical film about a young boy in the early 1950s who finds a mysterious toy train in his village in Tanzania. The magical toy train sets him on a path that leads him to the love of his life….

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Aquaria

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Wolf and Cub

A father and son cross a world of imagination in order to return a bag of their mother’s forgotten lunch….

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Threshold

Reality and fiction start to blur when an agoraphobic voice actress is tormented by the presence of a stranger in her home….

Think

A young girl is playing with a green toy car, moving it through a green toy village when suddenly one-by-one the trees begin to fall down and die, and she doesn’t understand why….

The Man in the Venetian Mask

A young woman spends a day with a mysterious masked man who keeps his identity secret….

The 3-Day Effect

The footage of this film was taken in a remote mountainous area…

Red

The aftermath of the apocalypse reveals the hidden motives of a being. Even the most innocent conceals a power-hungry soul that no one can fathom—all for survival of existence….

Carnivale

Abandonment

When crossing the minefield of the plague that threatens us, aggravated by the unpreparedness and neglect of the establishment, what will be left of our humanity and environment?…

Omnipresent

It is about a person existing in different places at the same time. But unable to comprehend that reality….

Pendulum

Brian – a shiftless young man – discovers that when he dies his life resets five minutes in the past. Using this power to his benefit, he begins killing himself to change his future….

Daydreamer

A young woman uses elaborate, cinematic daydreams to help recover from a recent traumatic event….

Twenty-Five

A Dance With Cinderella

Welcome to the Thiercelieux

In the village of Thiercelieux, when night falls and the villagers fall asleep, strange creatures wake up….

The Table

A dead guy realizes he’s dead but refuses to leave his family and enter a new dimension until he solves the last issue he faced before his death….

Into the Frame

Always, Only, Ever

When a sensitive cowboy loses faith in this dark world, it takes a bit of kindness to bring him back….

Coda

A lost soul stumbles drunken through the city. In a park, Death finds him and shows him many things….

The Risk Not Taken

In a strange, but wonderful world a creature envisions the fatal outcome of a potential decision and is therefore granted a chance to alter future events….

Swimming Pool

Eager

Pencil Face

A young girl is playing on some waste ground when she finds a pencil with a face. Whatever she draws with the pencil becomes real. Just an ordinary day….

Lifeline

A brilliant scientist travels through various dimensions and realms searching for his lost love….

One Small Step

TAIKO Studios presents the story of Luna, a Chinese American girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut….

Nuit blanche

Explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy….

Cólera

Cholera: Path. Acute, infectious disease, often epidemic and very serious….

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A Dull Roar, then Light

Tazara

Aquaria

Wolf and Cub

Threshold

Think

The Man in the Venetian Mask

The 3-Day Effect

Red

Carnivale

Abandonment

Omnipresent

Pendulum

Daydreamer

Twenty-Five

A Dance With Cinderella

Welcome to the Thiercelieux

The Table

Into the Frame

Always, Only, Ever

Coda

The Risk Not Taken

Swimming Pool

Eager

Pencil Face

Lifeline

One Small Step

Nuit blanche

Cólera

Premier automne

A Dull Roar, then Light

Tazara

Aquaria

Wolf and Cub

Threshold

Think

The Man in the Venetian Mask

The 3-Day Effect

Red

Carnivale

Abandonment

Omnipresent

Pendulum

Daydreamer

Twenty-Five

A Dance With Cinderella

Welcome to the Thiercelieux

The Table

Into the Frame

Always, Only, Ever

Coda

The Risk Not Taken

Swimming Pool

Eager

Pencil Face

Lifeline

One Small Step

Nuit blanche

Cólera

Premier automne

A Dull Roar, then Light

Tazara

Aquaria

Wolf and Cub

Threshold

Think

The Man in the Venetian Mask

The 3-Day Effect

Red

Carnivale

Abandonment

Omnipresent

Pendulum

Daydreamer

Twenty-Five

A Dance With Cinderella

Welcome to the Thiercelieux